THE WAR ON PLEASURE: Tough new vaping rules are suffocating e-cig retailers.

Garrett Blankenship, owner of Darth Vapor in Chatsworth, said he took a huge hit when the smoking age went up, and expects another blow to the business from the tougher federal regulations.

“It’s the beginning of a new generation,” he said of customers between 18 and 21. “We’ll see where this heads.”

The new regulations also cover hand-rolled cigars, hookahs and pipe tobacco.

FDA officials now must assess all e-cigarette products available since 2007. To stay on store shelves, nearly every vaping product must secure FDA approval, though manufacturers will be able to keep selling their wares for up to two years during the application process and for a year during FDA review.

Vaping likely saves lives, but that doesn’t seem to matter to the nanny staters.